South Africa: Eight Nigerian con suspects arrested in Cape Town

Eight Nigerian nationals showed up at Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday dealing with different indictments identifying with web tricks, tax evasion and fraud.

The suspects , Perry Osagiede, otherwise known as “Ruler Sutan Abubakar de first,” otherwise known as “Ransack Nicolella,” otherwise known as “Alan Salomon,” 52; Enorense Izevbigie, otherwise known as “Richy Izevbigie,” otherwise known as “Master Samuel S Nujoma,” 45; Franklyn Edosa Osagiede, also known as, “Master Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,” otherwise known as, “Edosa Franklyn Osagiede,” otherwise known as “Dave Hewitt,” also known as, “Bruce Dupont,” 37; Osariemen Eric Clement, also known as, “Ruler Adekunle Ajasi,” also known as, “Aiden Wilson,” 35; Collins Owhofasa Otughwor, also known as, “Ruler Jesse Makoko,” also known as, “Philip Coughlan,” 37; and Musa Mudashiru, also known as “Master Oba Akenzua,” 33; all initially from Nigeria, are accused by supplanting prosecution of wire extortion scheme and illegal tax avoidance trick, crossing from 2011 to 2021. One litigant stays on the loose. This is as indicated by the US division of Justice.

The men were captured on Tuesday as a feature of a joint activity by the FBI, Hawks and the US Secret Service.

They are dealing with removal indictments to the United States.

In excess of 100 casualties have lost an expected R100 million (6.8 million US dollars) in the tricks starting around 2011.

The blamed purportedly went after ladies – large numbers of them widows or divorced people – by claiming to have a certifiable heartfelt connection with them.

As per National Prosecuting Authority representative Eric Ntabazalila, the blamed caused the misfortunes for American residents and others all throughout the planet.

“It is a first appearance forthcoming a removal application. They are dealing with four indictments in America. Those charges are connivance to submit wire misrepresentation; second charges, wire extortion; third charges, is illegal tax avoidance; and the fourth charge is irritated robbery of character. It’s supposed that they duped casualties in America and different parts, in different nations. The sum it prompts 6.8 million (US) dollars, which they swindled from America and different nations. There are warrants of captures in New Jersey and Texas. So we will be contradicting their bail application next Tuesday. We will specify then the purposes for contradicting bail application. One of them is that we feel that they are a flight hazard and some of them are in the nation wrongfully.”

Procedures have been suspended to next Tuesday and Thursday for formal bail procedures.